GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

Random words

WordMeaning
yena strong desire or propensity
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
audaciousintrepidly daring : adventurous
gougea chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
zanyvery eccentric (see eccentric
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
scintillateto emit sparks : spark